Sasha is a clinical psychology doctoral candidate with experience in providing both psychological assessments as well as individual, couples, and group psychotherapy. She works with adults who struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma, perfectionism, low self-esteem, navigating relationship challenges, problematic substance use, overwhelming thoughts and unusual perceptual experiences. Sasha primarily relies on trauma-informed person-centered, psychodynamic and Relational-Cultural Therapy, though she also integrates existential, cognitive-behavioral, and motivational interviewing techniques when appropriate based on her clients’ unique needs. 

Sasha strives to create a warm and collaborative therapeutic space where her clients can feel emotionally safe to openly reflect on their thoughts, feelings, relationships, and experiences. She supports her clients in developing a deeper understanding of the impact of their past experiences on current challenges with curiosity, compassion, and without judgment. Her goal is to help her clients cultivate greater self-acceptance and self-compassion, navigate personal and interpersonal difficulties more effectively, and develop more authentic and fulfilling relationships with themselves and others.

Sasha provides services in English, Russian, and Ukrainian. She is currently in the fifth year of her doctoral program at The Chicago School, and has experience working with adults, adolescents, and children in outpatient community mental health and group private practice clinics. Sasha has a preference for in-person work but can accommodate clients who must meet virtually.